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Dc/dc converter ICs at 500 kHz and beyond
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Power supply ICs for 3.3-V designs
Power supply ICs for 3.3-V designs Designers can choose from several types of ICs to help in creating low-noise low-voltage supplies from an existing supplyContinue
Metal composite substrate brings benefits to power semiconductor packaging
Metal composite substrate brings benefits to power semiconductor packaging Motorola Semiconductor (Phoenix) has developed a metal matrix composite technology whose
Stretch of the 8051 architecture is pin and code back-compatible
Stretch of the 8051 architecture is pin and code back-compatible Designers of small 8051-based systems have often been limited in performance possibilities of their
Companies promise three Pentium competitors
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PowerPC and HP-PA RISC cores will have new generations in 1995
PowerPC and HP-PA RISC cores will have new generations in 1995 Like the Alpha, Mips, and Sparc processors introduced recently, these microprocessors appear to
Noninvasive detection/imaging of IC currents demonstrated
Noninvasive detection/imaging of IC currents demonstrated Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, NM) say they have developed the first practical,
Selecting heat sinks for dc/dc converters
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